A.uppermost, highest:
I. mostly of Place or position, “ἧστο ὑ.” Il.23.451; “κεῖτο ὑ.” 12.381; ὑ. δώματα, θρόνος, etc., Hes.Op.8, Pi.O.2.77 (dub. l.), etc.
2. of gods, partly in reference to their abode, partly to their power, ib. 4.1, A.Supp.672 (lyr., nisi leg. -τως, v. infr. 4): then simply,
3. of rank or power, “θεῶν τὰν ὑ.” S.Ant.338 (lyr.); “δαιμόνων ὑ.” Ar.Av. 1765 (lyr.); “ἄνασσα Περσίδων ὑ.” A.Pers.155 (troch.).
4. of things, ὑ. ὄλβος, ἀνορέαι, Pi.P.3.89, N.3.20; μόχθοι, σέβας, S.OC105, Ph.402 (lyr.), etc.; “τὰν ἐκ πασᾶν ὑ. πόλεων” Id.Ant.1138 (lyr.); φρένας, πάντων ὅσ᾽ ἐστὶ χρημάτων ὑ. ib.684; “τοῦτο κερδέων ὑπέρτατον” B.3.84: in late Prose, “ἀρετή” PStrassb.40.41 (vi A. D.). Adv. ὑπερσπούδ-τως above all, A. Supp.672 (Ahrens from Sch.); above all measure. Sch.rec.Pi.O.1. 1.
